On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Jason F. Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/22/2014 11:12 AM, stefano franchi wrote: >> >> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Jason F. Siegel <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Stefano was gracious enough to look at my LyX file directly. He discerned >>> after a good bit of discovery that the problem was two lines in the TeX >>> preamble: >>> >>> \usepackage{polyglossia} >>> \setdefaultlanguage{english} >>> >>> >>> To remove them, I had to go to Tools→Preferences→Language >>> Settings→Language. >>> I wiped the Command start field and changed the language package to None. >>> Apparently polyglossia and biblatex don't work together, but according to >>> this post ( >>> >>> http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/119682/how-to-use-polyglossia-with-biblatex), >>> the development version of biblatex will fix this problem. >>> >>> Once that was done, I needed to go to >>> >>> \usepackage[style=authoryear,natbib=true,backend=biber]{biblatex} >>> >>> and delete ,backend=biber in order to get the bibliography to display. >>> >> >> Hi Jason, >> >> I am glad to hear your problem was solved. I don't quite understand >> why the second step was necessary though. >> In fact, removing "backend=biber" from the call to biblatex should >> have no effect, since biblatex would then use the default backend, >> which is indeed biber. >> Moreover, in my tests on your file, everything compiled with the >> offending "backend=biber" in place. >> Would you mind trying restoring it and letting me know which kind of >> errors you get? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Stefano >> >> >> > Upon restoration of that piece of code, the bibliography doesn't load when > the file compiles. Moreover, the in-text citations remain unformatted.
Hmm, I cannot reproduce it here. It compiles fine with the backend=biber option, references are prperly printed, the biblioraqphy is all right, etc. Two options come to mind: 1. You somehow have a faulty biber installation. Biblatex tries to call biber and fails with backend = biber. Without it, however, it tries first to call biber, then falls back on bibtex (or possibly some other engine). 2. Biber installation is fine, ut somehow biber cannto find your bib file (perhaps you have spaces in the path)? Would you mind trying the following: 1. Restore the backend=biber option. 2. Run View>>pdf(xetex) 3. Look into Document>>Latex Log, cut and paste the output in your reply 4. Still from within Document>>Latex log, select "bibTeC" from the "Log type " drop down menu, and similarly cut and paste the output. I would really like to understand if there is something wrong in how Lyx calls biber. Thanks, Stefano -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Associate Research Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, Texas, USA [email protected] http://stefano.cleinias.org
